| Show A TEXANS OPINION oraxio N OF THE TIIE methodists akst 7 if the following anecdote from a 1 1 dent ident f the cincinnati commercial be true vve we need not wonder at the persecutions winch the meth mett methodists odiste have recently recemis hse the hands of the texan texans while on church matters I 1 will give you a texans opinion of a methodist atas it as lie tie hew new tv to me nip ada ida DJ you know mv friend addressing rne me why it is that the methodists toiler hiller so loud they pra I 1 of course expressed my castoril astonishment an ait i anxiety to possess such valuable information well weli said he be 1 I will rill tell yen yeu it is because they are further from god than aly aly other denominate on of christians might alight you vou you not be mistaken said I 1 L evo ivo si was as his quick reply 1 I know them well weil ell fot tor I 1 is was isas as born in a camp acet meet 2 ing t 11 had nothing more to say the man was in earnest 21 ILL KEFF keef I 1 EM AWAKE 2 near newark N J ileda li ed a very pius plus pi us family who had taken an orphan boy t tn raise mho nho ho by bythe the ivay u nay ay was u was as rather ile he had bad irn lm 1 b bed very strict views on religious leUpi ous oua matters mattera bow how ver and once asked his hia adopted mo her if it she think it wron wrong g for the old farmers to c me to church and fi fall I 1 asleep paying no better betler regard to the service she she add dd accordingly before to chu cli ch the next sunday refilled he be filled his pockets wih wi happ app 03 one b ald aid headed beaded old man tabo isho went to steep sleep during aurim the sermon particularly attracted his hig atte attention b seeing him at ta la t nodding and a elving giving v I 1 nasal evidence of bemz betna tn n the land and of dreams dr e ams lie he hauled oli oll ano aho took the astounded sleeper with ith an apple square tn n the top of his bald pate pale the minister and anil aroused congregation cong reiza tion at once turned roun round darid and gazed indignantly at tte boy bay who merely sard to the preacher as lie he took his hand with a sober honest of countenance lla ula yea preach lil ill ep yern lern em awa hwakil kei kel |
